Winter. Yuck. If you’re like us and live in the big city, it’s not something you enjoy. There’s just not much to say in favour of dirty, slushy streets. And then there’s the never-ending greyness…

Twas the month before Christmas, and our good friends at Cineplex invited us to produce an animated holiday greeting that would serve double duty — both as an e-greeting card, and as a segment to be included in the featured presentation pre-show.

While we are an untethered agency, we still do love our local neighbourhood. That’s why we help the West Queen West Business Improvement Association on a pro bono basis. We recently helped them drive retail traffic in the week before Mother’s Day, 2011.

We were fortunate to be called upon to help Kia Motors Canada tell the story of the Canadian media launch for the 2011 Kia Optima in social media. And what better place to launch a hot, beautifully-designed ride than in a hot city known for beautiful design, Miami’s South Beach.

Virgin Mobile Canada recently gave us the challenge of increasing the wireless provider’s presence on Facebook. As with many things in life, love was the answer.

Which of my connections do I consider “real” friends? Who do I consider influential about business? Which of my connections are also knitting fans? Which ones also like Glee? Who considers me their friend? Is it mutual? Which Circles do I share specific types of content with?

Did you know that five of Facebook’s top 10 markets (as measured by online audience penetration) are in South America? This is just one of the fun facts contained in our brief survey social networks in Latin America. Read it here.

While they may be old-school to you, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube have rekindled my excitement about social networks. Why? Because they’re finally becoming big in Japan where I make my living as a music marketing consultant.

Back in the 90s direct marketing was the hot marketing discipline. But something happened to DM in Canada. The hoopla stopped. DM died. Yet, today with the emergence of digital, we need direct marketers more than ever.

Facebook Pages and ads have become essential elements of most marketing plans. We’re huge fans (both in the traditional and Facebook sense), and committed users. But that’s not to say we don’t have a few complaints, particularly with Pages. Herewith, our official Facebook Pages Bitch List.

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